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Top 10 Tech Industry Megatrends of 2015

More IT vendors will split up. Boards will get even more paranoid about security. UX and CX become critical competencies for CIOs.

Nov 21, 2014 2 mins

IT Leadership Technology Industry

Hello World 3.0: Staffing Technology

Hiring, retaining and keeping skills fresh top the recently released list of Educause Top 10 IT Issues for 2015.

Nov 20, 2014 5 mins

Foundry Events IT Jobs Small and Medium Business

Enterprise IT Crosses the Chasm

Author Geoffrey Moore's book 'Crossing the Chasm' has been influential in the IT industry for more than two decades now. The theory was a good model for how most enterprise IT shops used to work. However, now enterprise IT is crossing

Nov 20, 2014 10 mins

CIO Innovation Technology Industry

States Get Mixed Report Card on Using Data to Improve Education

The Data Quality Campaign is a national, collaborative effort to improve the availability and use of high-quality education data to improve student achievement. Though school districts are beginning to embrace DQC, much work remains.

Nov 19, 2014 4 mins

Analytics Big Data Government

Jolla’s Linux tablet crowdfunding campaign raises $500K in 2 hours

Jolla tablet u0007will run bon Sailfish OS which is based on open source technologies such as Linux, Mer and Qt. In addition to native apps Sailfish can also run Android apps. It is also possible to install traditional Linux applications on Sailfish

Nov 19, 2014 4 mins

Linux Open Source Small and Medium Business

Woz Talks Smartwatches, Apple Watch at DEMO

Steve Wozniak spoke briefly in Silicon Valley at DEMO, where he expressed his dissatisfaction with the current crop of smartwatches. He also said, however, that he plans to try the upcoming Apple Watch.

Nov 19, 2014 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Smartwatches Wearables

Surprise! TRUSTe Can’t Always be Trusted, FTC Says

The FTC fined TRUSTe, a site that aims to validate online retailers' security safeguards, for failing to audit sites that previously earned its seal of approval.

Nov 19, 2014 2 mins

Consumer Electronics Financial Services Industry Privacy